Meat-package.



G. W. SEITZ.

MEAT PACKAGE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. z, 1910.

Patented Dec. 12, 1911.

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COLUMBIA PLANOGRAPH C0., wAsmNaTON. D. c.

UNITED STATES uPATE'I OFFICE.

GEORGE W. SEITZ, 0F TRENTON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE TAYLORPROVISION COMPANY, OF TRENTON, NEWJERSEY.

MEAT-*PACKAGE T o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. SEITZ, a citizen of the United States,residing at Trenton, in the county of Mercer and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Meat-Packages, ofwhich the following is a speciiication.

My invention relates to an improvement in meat packages, and the objectis to provide means whereby the packages or bags are capable of beingprinted upon, and the ink prevented from passing through the wrapperonto the meat.

The object of this invention is mainly to produce a sack or package inwhich fresh meat is packed and then smoked. In packing fresh meat suchas pork, the package will become greasy, and as it is necessary toprovide a sack of such a material as will allow the penetration of smokewhereby the meat can be properly smoked, the grease will penetratethrough the package and will cause the ink on the sack to pass onto themeat from vthe bag, and generally the entire printed matter which isplaced upon the sack, will be impressed or disclosed upon the meat, andas red ink is generally used, the meat will be covered with this red inkalong the outlines of the printed matter on the sack. Ink passing ontothe meat in this manner is considered as poisonous and injurious, and itis to overcome this objection that I have provided a sack -which is tobe inserted in the outer sack, which will prevent the passage of the inkonto the meat.

A further object of the invention is to prevent molding. The inner bagprevents the grease from passing through the inner and outer sacks, andthereby becoming eX- posed to the air to cause a mold to be formed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view, showing theouter Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Dec, 12, 1911,Application ined August 2, 1910.

Serial No. 575,153.

sack turned back to disclose the inner sack; and Fig. 2 is a detailsectional view of the sacks.

A represents the outer bag or sack, which is preferably made of coarsematerial known as Standard Q :35 drill, the weave being close. rl`heinner sack B is made of cheesecloth of a fine thread, but of a coarserweave than the outer sack. The fine thread of the inner sack and thecoarse weave, when used in connection with the coarse thread of theouter sack and the line weave thereof, produces a combination which willallow the smoke to pass through both sacks for giving the meat a properflavor, and at the same time, the inner sack will prevent any ink on theouter sack from passing through onto the meat.

The inner sack is placed within the outer sack, and the meat is forcedinto the inner sack, when the sack is closed at its open end, and thenthe open end of the outer sack is closed.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A meat package comprising an inner and outer bag, the outer bag made ofcoarse material closely woven, and the inner bag made of a finecheese-cloth coarsely woven and containing the meat, said bags adaptedto allow smoke to penetrate through the interstices thereof, forflavoring the meat, and the inner bag adapted to prevent ink frompassing from the outer bag onto the meat.

In testimony whereof I afliX my signature, in the presence of twowitnesses.

GEORGE W. SEITZ.

Witnesses SCOTT SCAMMELL, JOSEPH L. BoDINE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

